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WHUS52 KKEY 041948
SMWKEY
GMZ033-035-042015-
/O.NEW.KKEY.MA.W.0224.260904T1948Z-260904T2015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
348 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT AND
BEYOND 5 FATHOMS...
GULF OF AMERICA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON
SHOAL OUT TO 5 FATHOMS...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT.
* AT 348 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SNIPE POINT.
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER
WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
SNIPE POINT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
INTENSE AND CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. STAY
LOW, OR GO BELOW. LOWER VHF ANTENNA, OUTRIGGERS, FISHING RODS, AND
UMBRELLAS.
LAT...LON 2481 8158 2467 8152 2469 8154 2469 8157
2467 8157 2467 8154 2465 8157 2467 8158
2465 8159 2466 8160 2465 8161 2464 8160
2461 8168 2474 8175
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 055DEG 0KT 2468 8163
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
DM
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